Many Nigerians agree that the country needs a national carrier to benefit from the huge international air travel market dominated by foreign airlines, but many criticisms trail the mode of the national airline the federal government plans to establish. In the aviation industry, there is nostalgia among the former staff of the defunct Nigeria Airways […]
In a bid to meet the growing demand of other indigenous airlines on aircraft repairs and maintenance, Nigeria’s oldest carrier, Aero Contractors has started expanding it’s maintenance facility to take in more aircraft. The airline has also announced that it will resume flight operations on December 5, with six aircraft to service 10 destinations as […]
The expected hope that this year will be different from the previous years, in terms of flight disruptions during Christmas season due to the harmattan haze has been dimmed, as THISDAY learnt that there could be flight cancellations this season, due to bad weather, despite the improvement on aeronautical facilities. In the previous years, daylight […]
In order to meet the expected surge in air passengers’ demand, Nigerian airlines are beginning to acquire more aircraft through leasing, which is a global successful venture for airlines, even though such venture could be costly in Nigeria. About five months ago, aviation industry insiders were wondering how the airlines would cope with high passenger […]
The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu, has explained how the agency monitors airlines’ financial ability to sustain their operations. He also said whenever there was no doubt the agency would step in to ensure that airlines’ economic challenges do not erode their operational safety. Explaining why Aero Contractors […]
